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Hmm, did a little Googling.
It appears they STREAM the file to you at 320, but when you download it back to you machine, they give you back the same crappy version. Interesting.
There is also a lot of chatter about them matching the wrong file (censored vs uncensored, for example) and some of the companies putting digital watermarks in the Google versions.
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@BRRABill said:
Hmm, did a little Googling.
It appears they STREAM the file to you at 320, but when you download it back to you machine, they give you back the same crappy version. Interesting.
There is also a lot of chatter about them matching the wrong file (censored vs uncensored, for example) and some of the companies putting digital watermarks in the Google versions.
that's interesting, that implies that they really do upload and keep the crappy version you upload... seems like a waste of storage.
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@Dashrender said:
that's interesting, that implies that they really do upload and keep the crappy version you upload... seems like a waste of storage.
The article also said a version "similar" to what you uploaded. So perhaps not your actual version.
I wonder what it would do if you had pops or anything in your original MP3.
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@BRRABill said:
@Dashrender said:
that's interesting, that implies that they really do upload and keep the crappy version you upload... seems like a waste of storage.
The article also said a version "similar" to what you uploaded. So perhaps not your actual version.
I wonder what it would do if you had pops or anything in your original MP3.
Sure - if they don't have exact version, all they can give you is similar.
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@BRRABill said:
I wonder what it would do if you had pops or anything in your original MP3.
well for the streaming version nothing... but as you mentioned, when you download it.. you will get your original back, with pops and hisses.
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The reason that they do this is for their Content Delivery Network. They don't have "your" version all over the world ready to go. but they have a handy, high quality one in many cases.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@BRRABill said:
Not if you use it for your local library. Or want to use iTunes Music.
Not basic things. Weird, convoluted DRM music from Apple. Remember, basic here, why would a basic user do that?
iTunes hasn't had DRM'd music in almost 7 years.... now movies, that is another issue.
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Does Amazon charge you to upload your music? Looks like they do. $25 a year isn't crazy, though.
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@BRRABill said:
Does Amazon charge you to upload your music? Looks like they do. $25 a year isn't crazy, though.
I didn't know that about amazon. I think google does as a form of amnesty...
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@Dashrender said:
I didn't know that about amazon. I think google does as a form of amnesty...
Google allows 50,000 songs for free.
Though, with all these restrictions, and changing of files, etc..
Makes me wonder if it isn't better to just throw everything up in OneDrive.
I'm going to stream the music anyway, so I don't really need the access to it.
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@BRRABill amazon unlimited cloud is like $60 / yr and is unlimited.. except for the limitation of only being able to upload 100,000 files at once. Need some stress in your life? Watch that upload fail over and over without any errors or notifications as to why...
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@RojoLoco said:
@BRRABill amazon unlimited cloud is like $60 / yr and is unlimited.. except for the limitation of only being able to upload 100,000 files at once. Need some stress in your life? Watch that upload fail over and over without any errors or notifications as to why...
I think I'm going back to paper.
This is all too much to handle, LOL.
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@BRRABill you'll need lots of pencils.
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